Planet of the Apes

PG-13

Released Jul 27, 2001

2 hr. 0 min.

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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44%

160 Reviews

Tomatometer

27%

250,000+ Ratings

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Director Tim Burton ("Batman") reinvents one of the most acclaimed and beloved works of science fiction, Pierre Boulle's classic novel "Planet of the Apes." Burton's "Planet of the Apes" begins with the famed original's premise -- a pilot finds himself in a world turned upside down after landing on a strange planet.

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Critics Consensus

This remake of Planet of the Apes can't compare to the original in some critics' mind, but the striking visuals and B-movie charms may win you over.

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ZuZoup

It's pretty solid as a movie, it's entertaining, but not well made at all. The story is decent, but nothing more than decent. It's kind if confusing when you're watching it. I would not recommend it, but some people would definitely love this movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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William H

So many distracting detail's starting with their obsession to use numerous reverse quotes from the original. One would be expected but there were too many. Costumes mostly good but errors and defects again are distracting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/27/24

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Robson C

Leo Davidson é um piloto da Força Aérea americana e está em uma estação espacial. Porém quem pilota as naves são macacos altamente treinados. Quando um deles se perde em uma estranha tempestade galáctica, Leo decide ir atrás deles, Por causa da tempestade, ele acaba chegando em um planeta governado por macacos, enquanto os homens vivem como nômades. Ele é aprisionado pelo General Thade e levado para a cidade dos macacos. Lá, ele cai nas graças de Ari, uma defensora dos humanos. Leo consegue fugir e, com um pequeno grupo composto por macacos e humanos, ele segue um sinal que ele acha ser de alguém enviado pela estação espacial. A primeira vez que assisti o filme eu havia gostado, porém com essa revisão que estou fazendo dos filmes da franquia, percebi as várias falhas do filme. A primeira é a falta de carisma do Mark Walhberg, principalmente se compararmos com os atores dos 2 primeiros filmes anteriores, Charlton Heston e James Franciscus. O seu Leo tem a personalidade de um pires: raso. O pior é que não dá para entender o fascínio e o triângulo amoroso formado entre ele, Ari e Daena. O resto do elenco está muito bem e a maquiagem usada por eles não os atrapalha nas suas interpretações. Destaque para Tim Roth que assume todo o lado vilanesco do seu General Thade, mas os maneirismos para se portar como um chimpanzé. O roteiro falha bastante na construção de alguns personagens e o grupo que segue Leo acaba tendo penduricalhos sem razão, como o personagem do Paul Giamatti, que depois da cena em que entra para o grupo, ele é totalmente inútil, como os personagens de Erick Avari e Evan Parke. Talvez um outro ator no lugar de Walhberg pudesse fazer com que o filme fosse mais para a ação, como aconteceu entre o primeiro e segundo filmes da franquia Alien.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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Jacob B

And I thought his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake was terrible. This was the most unbearably lousy remake I've seen, ever! The dialogue was campy and stiff. The acting mediocre at best. The set designs looked staged and blocky. Someone should tell Tim Burton to throw in the towel and stop ruining beloved classics with his re-imagined gothic nightmares. The practical effects and makeup design were the only positive aspect of this comically bland film. Being a satisfactory artist doesn't equate to being a good director. Designing sets is the only job that mascara wearing emo misfit is decent at - not counting this train wreck of course!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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Joshua H

I liked it, it's a very interesting take on the material where can see a few Tim Burtons in there with the presentation of the Apes themselves. I don't think this was very thought-provoking tho with how they told the story but I can't lie I enjoyed myself. I am annoyed that we had a very interesting twist at the end that doesn't get followed up on but if that means we got the upcoming trilogy we got I'll take the sacrifice 🤣

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Alec B

The make-up is great and I like a lot of the other design elements. Plus that final twist is so psychotic I can't help but appreciate it a little bit. With the exception of that ending everything else in the plot feels like a collage of studio notes so it really doesn't end up saying much of anything.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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Joshua Rothkopf

In These Times

No remake would have been deemed complete without a shockaroo ending-and this Apes has its lulu, which I won't disclose-but it leaves behind the stink of arbitrary mystification.

Mar 16, 2020

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Decent re-imagining of the classic.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 27, 2010

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

If only Burton cared as much about having real characters as he did about having real actors.

Rated: C

May 9, 2002

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

All about noise and chaos — the unstable mix of intellect and brutal will that’s intended to mirror our own evolution.

Rated: B

Sep 7, 2022

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

These apes rock and rule, but their gymnastic antics dont cover-up a thin script and a plot that feels thrown together, and the so-called twist ending feels more like a bad joke someone in production took way too seriously.

Apr 26, 2022

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

The movie does a great job in its spectacular staging of many pitched battles between humans and their evolutionary ancestors.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 20, 2020

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Synopsis

Director Tim Burton ("Batman") reinvents one of the most acclaimed and beloved works of science fiction, Pierre Boulle's classic novel "Planet of the Apes." Burton's "Planet of the Apes" begins with the famed original's premise -- a pilot finds himself in a world turned upside down after landing on a strange planet.

Director: Tim Burton
Executive Producer: Ralph Winter
Screenwriter: William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Pierre Boulle
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Zanuck Company
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Violence|Sequences of Action)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 27, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $180.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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